Yet in New York City, as in districts across the country, there is a glaring disconnect between many students’ race or ethnicity and their teachers’: While 83 percent of New York City students are Asian, black or Latino, only 39 percent of teachers are, according to 2015-16 state data compiled by Education Trust-New York, an advocacy group that tries to improve outcomes for students of color.

Below are five big takeaways from the data:

  1. The biggest gap is between Latino students and teachers: 41 percent of city students are Latino while only 15 of teachers are — a 26 percentage-point gap.
  2. A striking number of schools have no Asian, black, or Latino teachers: 88 schools (6 percent) have no Latino teachers, 144 schools (9 percent) lack a single black teacher, and 327 schools (21 percent) have zero Asian teachers on staff.
  3. White students miss out on educator diversity too: Without teacher diversity white students may be ill-equipped to enter increasingly diverse workplaces.
  4. Charter schools have a higher share of teachers of color, but a larger gap student-teacher gap: 94 percent of charter school students are Asian, black or Latino, while just 43 percent of their teachers are non-white.
  5. Some districts have many Asian students but few Asian teachers: In District 25 in North Queens and District 26 in Nassau County about half the students are Asian, only 11 percent of teachers are.

Read the full article on the diversity gap between students and teachers by Monica Disare at Chalkbeat